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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Eiffel Tower Homage

Eiffel Tower Homage, original artWith just 12 days to go before I will be in Paris.Place de la Concord,original art, 5" x 7"I'm deep into anti-phobia training... The Eiffel Tower will be right out my window, not to mention just a stones throw away once I make it down the 6-7 flights of stairs to the outside... To help break my Eiffel Tower aversion I found this adorable paper tower on Etsy at Blissfull Elements. It's helping I think....Should I be drinking my morning hot chocolate out of an Eiffel Tower cup? Maybe an origami-esque red paper version on my desk would do the trick? Surely a solid chocolate tower would help. Like these from Deskaledes at the Paris chocolate show. Here the tower is combined with a macaron! Perfection. If I come home wearing these tower socks you'll know I not only survived but have become a passionate advocate!~BONJOUR TOUR EIFFEL!

Bonjour Carol - J'adore la tour eiffel and your new paintings! Reading this post today made me think of a post I wrote last year that I think you'd appreciate (http://antiquesdiva.blogspot.com/2008/08/reader-question-eiffel-tower-collection.html). When I moved from Paris all my friends gave me an Eiffel Tower to remember them by - it's a wonderful collection that makes me smile each time I see it!Great work as always!Toma

Wow, what a great blog! I especially love the picture of the Eiffel Tower macaroon and that pink paper Eiffel Tower - so creative! The Eiffel Tower is an amazing work of art, but you know, when it was first erected the Parisians hated it! Now it's making them millions of Euros every year through tourism! Go figure!

Dear Anonymous,IF your comments get "bounced" and you get a RED message, just give the POST COMMENT button another plunk and it will go through.Happens all the time to me.GOIND DOWN STAIRS is not good for you according to the NYTImes. More about it tomorrow...

Keep 'em coming! I truly enjoy your posts... I am trying to find someone to talk French with here in California...if you have any Francophones around the Southern California area, please let me know. Bon Voyage if I don't hear from you till after Paris

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I moved to Paris 2 years ago. I should have done it sooner but that's how the macaron crumbles. Living on the Ile Saint Louis next to the Seine after the 19eme is 'la cerise sur la gâteau'. It doesn't get any better. I've painted watercolors for Bocuse, Champagne Mumm, Guerlain, Frederick Cassel, The Russian Tearoom and the Maharana of Udaipur.
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